AUSTRALIA: Govt urged to protect Coral Sea
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Conservationists have urged the Australian government to give full enviromental protection to the part of the Coral Sea that falls under Australian juristiction. Conservationists say the area, which lies north east of Australia and to the west of Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands, is vunerable to illegal fishing and oil and gas prospecting.
Presenter: Stephanie March
Speakers: Gilly Lewellyn, oceans program leader with WWF Australia; John Rumney, president of the Cod Hole and Ribbon Reef Operators Association
